Delphinium uliginosum |
Delphinium patens |
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swamp larkspur |
spreading larkspur, spreading or zigzag larkspur, zigzag larkspur |
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Stems | 10-30(-70) cm; base reddish or not, nearly glabrous. |
(10-)20-50(-90) cm; base reddish, glabrous to puberulent. |
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Leaves | blade obdeltoid, apically several parted, 1-8 × 1-7 cm, ± fleshy, glabrous; ultimate lobes 0-3, width 3-20 mm (cauline only); margins of basal leaf, measured less than 1 cm from blade base, demarcating less than 90° of arc when leaf laid flat. |
blade round to pentagonal, 1-5.5 × 2-7.5 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 3-9, less often wedge-shaped, 5 or more extending more than 3/5 distance to petiole, width 5-30(-50) mm (basal), 1-15 mm (cauline), widest at middle or in proximal 1/2. |
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Inflorescences | 5-20(-48)-flowered, ± open; pedicel 0.3-3(-10) cm, glabrous to puberulent; bracteoles 2-3(-5) mm from flowers, green to blue, lanceolate-linear, 3-4(-7) mm, puberulent. |
4-25(-36)-flowered; pedicel spreading from rachis at usually less than 70°, 1-4(-8) cm, glabrous to glandular; bracteoles 3-12(-23) mm from flowers, blue to green, linear, 3-8(-16) mm, glabrous to glandular. |
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Flowers | sepals dark blue, nearly glabrous, lateral sepals spreading, 9-15 × 5-8 mm, spurs usually upcurved, ascending 30-45° above horizontal, 10-14 mm; lower petal blades slightly elevated, ± exposing stamens, 4-5 mm, clefts 2-3 mm; hairs centered, densest on inner lobe above base of cleft, also on margins, white. |
sepals dark blue, usually retaining color upon drying, glabrous, lateral sepals reflexed, (6-)10-15(-20) × 4-8 mm, spurs straight, ascending ca. 30° above horizontal, 8-18 mm; lower petal blades elevated, exposing stamens, 3-6(-8) mm, clefts 1-3 mm; hairs centered on base of cleft or on inner lobes, scattered, white, rarely yellow. |
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Fruits | 10-18 mm, 4.1-4.5 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
12-23 mm, 3.3-3.6 times longer than wide, glabrous or puberulent. |
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Seeds | seed coat cells with surfaces bumpy or wavy. |
unwinged; seed coats ± pitted, cell surfaces roughened. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium uliginosum |
Delphinium patens |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–early summer. | |||||||||
Habitat | Serpentine streamsides, chaparral, grassland | |||||||||
Elevation | 400-600 m (1300-2000 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
CA
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CA
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Discussion | Although some populations are large, Delphinium uliginosum is very local. Hybrids with D. hesperium subsp. pallescens have been seen. Delphinium uliginosum is a very distinctive species, not likely to be confused with any other. The fan-shaped, slightly dissected leaves are apparently unique in the genus. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Subspecies 3 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Depauperata | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Grumosa | ||||||||
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Name authority | Curran: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 151. (1885) | Bentham: Pl. Hartw., 296. (1849) | ||||||||
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